Open Access Week

Open Access (OA) scholarship is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. OA publishing shifts the costs of content creation and distribution away from subscribers, so that OA scholarship is freely available to anyone worldwide with an internet connection - no subscription necessary. Open Access Week is a global event celebrating the benefits of free, immediate access to scholarship produced by the research community.

Rice library hosts events to promote research, inspire, explore, and connect the USI community on issues associated with research and learning.

Contact Peter Whiting, Scholarly Communication Librarian, for any questions that you have.

Open Access Week 2025

Events held during Open Access Week 2025, October 20-26, 2025

• Scholarly Communication Trends webinar
• Outdate Notions of Scholarly Communication webinar
• Your Scholarly Digital Profile webinar
• Open Access Rice library Information table with open access swag such as buttons and conversations about Open Access

Open Access Week 2024

Events held during Open Access Week 2024, October 21-27, 2024

• Take Charge of Your Scholarship: Benefits of SOAR (Scholarly Open Access Repository)
• Take Charge of Your Scholarship: Open Access Funding and Review for Article Processing Charges (APC)